Infant s posing-chair



(No'ModeL) M. T. BALDWIN.

INFANTS POSING CHAIR.

Patented June 30, 1885.

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MYRON T. BALDWIN, OF LA GRANGE, ILLINOIS.

INFANTS POSlNG-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.321,0'76, dated June 30, 1885.

Application filed Dccember 10, 1884. '(No model.) i

To all zphom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MYRoN T. BALDWIN, a citizen of the Unitedv States, residing at La Grange, in the county of Cook and btate of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Infants Posing-Chairs; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention is designed to supply a seat or chair in which an infant may be placed and held in a desired position, and which, while occupied,is invisible in a front view. It is especially useful as a photographers posing-chair, securing comfort and grace to the sitter and greatly diminishing the artists la bors.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows it in side elevation. Fig. 2 is the invention in rear elevation. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the clampor lock, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan View of the part of the tilting mechanism attached to the bottom of the chair-seat.

The various parts of the chair are referred to by letters, similar letters indicating corresponding parts in the different views.

The letter A indicates the base of the chair. It is adapted to rest on another chair or elsewhere, as desired. To the top of this base is secured a metal plate, B, having the vertical posts b b supporting the crossbar b. The plate B with the posts and cross-bar are preferably cast in one piece, and suit-able screwholes are made through the plate, so that it can be screwed firmly upon the base A. A threaded hole,a,is made horizontally through a post, 72, which admits a thumb-screw, a.

0 represents the seat of the chair, upholstered as desired, and having the back 0.

A plate, D, (see Fig. 4,) having sockets d d, in which the ends of the bar I) rest, and a vertical arch, E, are secured to the under side of the seat 0 by means of the screw-holes d d and common screws. The arch E is furnished with notches e e to receive the point of the screw a. quires a tilting motion backward or forward, and is held at any point by tightening the thumbscrew a. I do not limit myself to this particular device, but use any suitable means for tilting and locking the chair.

In the back 0 of the chair I form an 0blong vertical opening, a, and attach a wire spring-clamp, F, to the chair-back, as seen in Fig. 2. By passing a handkerchief around the childs body andforcing the ends between the vertical wires of this spring, the child is held firmly in an upright posture. A part of the child s garments may be thus utilized and the handkerchief be dispensed with.

G is a head-rest whose supporting-rod g, bent as shown in the drawings, passes down between the plates H I,of which one, H,has a central threaded. stem, h, and is firmly secured to the chair-back O. The other plate, I, has a central opening to admit the stem h, and also has the recessest' t to receive the rod 9. By tightening the thumbnut K on the stem h, the rod 9 is firmly held in position.

My chair and its appurtenances, as thus described, are,with a proper arrangement of the sitters drapery, invisible in a front view,and thus any preferred accessories or objects may be introduced in the picture which would not harmonize with a chair. When desired,h0wever, I attach removable arm-rests L to either side or both sides of the chair. The rest L is attached to the chair by means of a rod, Z,

By this device the chair acwhich, being fixed to the arm-rest, extends downward behind the chair and into a clamping device similar to that described as holding the head-rest by which it is kept in position.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a tiltable posing-chair, the combination, withalegless base, A, of a plate, B, having supports 1) b and crossbar b, aplate, D, having sockets d d,and arch E, with notches e e, and screw-holes d d, the threaded hole a, thumb-screw a, and chair-seat O,substantially as set forth.

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2. In combination with a posing-chairhav- In testimony whereof I ztflix my signature in IO ing a seat, 0, the back 0, provided with an presence of two witnesses; opening, 0, and the spring-clamp F, as herein described. MYRON T. BALDWVIN.

3. In combination with a posing-chair, the removable arm-rest L and rod Z, and a clamp Witnesses: formed of a base-plate, H,'having a threaded JAMES H. SMITH, V stem, h, a plate, I, having recesses 45 i, and a THOMAS W. PATTISON. thumb-nut, K, as herein set forth. 

